You make an excellent point. BSL underestimated his victim when he chose Mickey. I bet he never expected the ferocious fight from her or the immediate and swift global social media blitz from her family and friends. He chose the wrong victim and the public was not going to let him get away. Sadly, there may be others who weren't noticed or missed because of a variety of reasons. We can only hope that LE is right and that there aren't any more. I won't be convinced until Madeline Aumiller is found safe- where is she??
I, likewise, Ocean. Inmate testimony alone? At least at this point. I was anticipating a smoking gun of some sort. Physical evidence...indeed! Nope...not yet, at least. Why do I feel pouty?So, while in prison, he basically admitted to killing 4 or 5 women.
We can say one was Lisa Pate.
He killed Mickey this year, and has been out of prison for a very long time.
I don't know who in their right mind would honestly think that if he admitted to killing 4 or 5 women since way back in 1999, he doesn't have a large amount now, after all of this.
BBM
But I will admit, I thought they had much more than a testimony to charge him with Lisa Pates murder.
I'm glad he plead guilty to Lisa Pate's murder as well, because I'm not sure that testimony would have been enough to convict him on that charge...
I was thinking they found physical evidence of her in his home.
Maybe they had more than just that testimony, but haven't released it yet.
in the link i just posted with the video, i caught a line in one of the interviews with his cellmate about a woman in holly beach LA? ring any bells?
what happened at Holly Beach. goodness gracious, he just keeps getting worse and worse! Foxfire has been right all along in suggesting HOW evil BSL is.
I heard rumors that the EP "assault" was much worse than what was in the report, and I now see proof that it was. KATC published a page of dialogue between an investigator and KK. They used it as a "backdrop" to Lavergne's mugshot. I don't think they intended on people reading it. BSL truly thrived on his horrific acts. They were very much centered around rape. Of course we all knew what his intentions were that awful May night. But I thought that most rapists raped for power over a victim - that it was more about the power, not the sex. But that is not the case with BSL. He was more like a Bundy. It is so hard to believe that a guy like this was roaming the streets of Acadiana. Scary disturbing stuff!
Imo, Lisa Pate received a less than thorough and competent investigation. It would be interesting to reexamine the (cold case)files in the Lisa Pate murder investigation.
Imo, her case would show the tragic consequences when all available resources aren't used in an investigation.. How many other innocent victim's lives might been saved?
RE: Newly released documents show how Lavergne connected to Lisa Pate's murder
06:51 PM by Erin Steuber
KK was Lavergne's cellmate, saying they were sharing their criminal stories, when the conversation took an interesting turn. KK says he made a facetious remark degrading women, at that point Lavergne began to describe how he raped a woman. He says Lavergne said he was looking for sex. According to KK's interview, the sex began as consenual and escalated quickly and violently. Lavergne admitting to abusing her physically, and mentally, KK remembering all the while, Lavergne seemed excited to be reliving the event in his mind. But the part that made KK contact police, was when Lavergne told him after he dumped the woman's body, Lavergne was nervous she wasn't "really dead" and went back to check.
This original interview led police to make Lavergne the prime suspect in the Pate case and present it to a Grand Jury in 2008. He wasn't indicted then, but after the Lafayette Police Department started looking at Lavergne for the Shunick case, another inmate came forward. The inmate testified Lavergne hated women, saying if he had a problem he would "choke them, kill 'em and dump them." The inmate says Lavergne claimed he had done those things to four or five women, and some would never be found because "the gators would be eating them."
I, likewise, Ocean. Inmate testimony alone? At least at this point. I was anticipating a smoking gun of some sort. Physical evidence...indeed! Nope...not yet, at least. Why do I feel pouty?
In the investigative report, it stated that BSL called several escort services, but obviously without any luck. Imo, this is likely due to the call girl cajun net and their past exeriences with BS Lavergne, he was black listed.
Imo, many of his unknowns victims were prostitutes, runaways, etc..
what happened at Holly Beach. goodness gracious, he just keeps getting worse and worse! Foxfire has been right all along in suggesting HOW evil BSL is.
I heard rumors that the EP "assault" was much worse than what was in the report, and I now see proof that it was. Well, i guess it's not proof. But, KATC published a page of dialogue between an investigator and KK. They used it as a "backdrop" to Lavergne's mugshot. I don't think they intended on people reading it. BSL truly thrived on his horrific acts. They were very much centered around rape and brutality. Of course we all knew what his intentions were that awful May night. But I thought that most rapists raped for power over a victim - that it was more about the power, not the sex. But that is not the case with BSL. He was more like a Bundy. It is so hard to believe that a guy like this was roaming the streets of Acadiana. Scary disturbing stuff!
I agree. In his confession about Lisa he made it sound as though they were in a hotel, but that couldn't have been the case if he killed her right after she tried to take his keys. I wonder where they were. I wonder if police ever found that out. It does seem as though she didn't get a very in depth investigation no matter how much Higgenbotham insisted he killed Pate.
I know little to nothing of this side of Lafayette. I hope that vice checked into any known escorts for missing women. Lafayette doesn't have a lot of reported homicides that go unsolved. Most have the killer arrested almost immediately. I think there have only been 3 completely stranger encounter homicides this year- one was Mickey. I just wish I knew of a way to have the police check. While on one hand, I hope his 4 known victims are it but on the other, I hope they never stop looking for connections to others. Then there is Madeline Aumiller. I really feel like something bad has happened to her and Lavergne knows what it is..
Sorry... I couldnt help but to pause and read what i could...slightly obbsessed ...
What? What about the Cajun Riviera (Holly Beach) did you read? I CANNOT :banghead: seem to pull up the video.
I keep seeing mention of pictures of his burned truck, but i cant find them?
Here is what I know about the chick in the video. My brother has a mutual friend with her. He knows her and has said she is crazy with a capital C. She had told him a story of BSL abusing her when she was 14. She (bc of that incident) had to go to the hospital. She did not file charges, but said there was a police report. She said she contacted detectives a week and a half before his arrest. He had me contact the independent to get them to verify her story, but they never got back to us. I never got the impression that she was ever his girlfriend.
I will try to get my brother to get more info on the "letter"
Ocean, was/is she a poster here? I don't remember any one talking like they were his ex. I have been away from here for a while though...
So, while in prison, he basically admitted to killing 4 or 5 women.
We can say one was Lisa Pate.
He killed Mickey this year, and has been out of prison for a very long time.
I don't know who in their right mind would honestly think that if he admitted to killing 4 or 5 women since way back in 1999, he doesn't have a large amount now, after all of this.
But I will admit, I thought they had much more than a testimony to charge him with Lisa Pates murder.
I'm glad he plead guilty to Lisa Pate's murder as well, because I'm not sure that testimony would have been enough to convict him on that charge...
I was thinking they found physical evidence of her in his home.
Maybe they had more than just that testimony, but haven't released it yet.
GulfCoastKAT, BSL agreed to the LWOP plea in Mickey Shunick & Lisa Pate's murders due to the overwhelming amount of evidence against him.
The unknown victims and the ability to relive his past are his only assets/possessions. Imo, the odds of BSL coming clean in the revelation of other unknown victims identities and remains locations is slim to none.
We may never know the magnitude of his evil trail of terror...